Proposal to give decision on historic monuments to voters gets 1st reading in City Council
A proposal that would let Jacksonville voters have the final say on whether to take down historical monuments, including one in particular thatโs tied to the Confederacy, was introduced to the City Council during its Tuesday evening meeting.
Fox's Carlson criticized for saying Democrats hate America
NEW YORK Television's most popular political host, Tucker Carlson, says leaders of the Democratic party should be disqualified from running the country because they despise it. While some analysts called it divisive, Carlson praised it as the best speech the president has made in his life. Carlson said that these people hate America. Theres no longer any question about that.The leaders of todays Democratic Party ... despise this country, he said. Besides Biden, Carlson on Monday singled out U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a former military helicopter pilot who lost both legs during a 2004 attack in Iraq.
Pelosi orders removal of Confederate portraits from Capitol
WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is ordering the removal from the Capitol of portraits honoring four previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy. In a letter to the House clerk, Pelosi requested the immediate removal of portraits depicting former speakers Robert Hunter of Virginia, James Orr of South Carolina and Howell Cobb and Charles Crisp, both of Georgia. Hunter, who served at nearly every level of the Confederacy, including as Confederate secretary of state, served as speaker from 1839-41. Cobb served as speaker from 1849-51, while Crisp served after the Civil War, from 1891-95. Earlier this month, Pelosi urged the removal of Confederate statues from the Capitol and the renaming of U.S. military bases that honor Confederate Army officers.
Northside Coalition of Jacksonville plans celebration for removal of Confederate monument
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Northside Coalition of Jacksonville is planning an event to celebrate the removal of a Confederate statue in a downtown Jacksonville park. Community members are asked to arrive at Hemming Park at 7:30 a.m.City workers removed the monument in Hemming Park under the cover of darkness in the early hours or Tuesday morning. Activist and president of Northside Coalition of Jacksonville Ben Fraizer said all confederate monuments, street and school names in Jacksonville should be removed and renamed. Hemming Park was named for civil war veteran Charles Hemming in 1899, the year after he donated the monument. Its really about Confederate heritage and there is a definitive difference between the two.